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Ben Lake vs Zöe Franklin

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Zöe Franklin voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 51 different votes 251 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 3 No
Education 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 9 No
Benefits 72% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 72% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 313 of 650
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 650
1,619
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
400
631 eligible divisions
903
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
53.5% of votes cast
716
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
186
46.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
111
+16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
78
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Contributions
140
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£139,207
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£139,207
38% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API